Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9113812
APP PUB NO 20130303896A1
SERIAL NO

13936852

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A system can include an implantable device, an instrument, a display device and a processor. The implantable device can include a port and a localizer for generating a navigation field. The instrument can include a tracking device for sensing the navigation field. The processor can be operably coupled to the tracking and display devices and operable to determine a real-time location of the instrument relative to the port and a trajectory of the instrument relative to an insertion axis of the port. The processor system can be operable to cause the display device to graphically render the instrument as a plurality of two or three-dimensional rings positioned around an axis coincident with the determined trajectory and in spaced relation to each other along the axis. A first ring of the plurality of rings can be positioned at the determined instrument location relative to a graphical representation of the port location.

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  • MEDTRONIC, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Borowitz, Peter J Spring Lake Park, US 6 176
Bzostek, Andrew Boulder, US 57 4494
Hartmann, Steven L Superior, US 54 3404
Jacobsen, Brad Erie, US 67 1515
Jascob, Bradley A Broomfield, US 30 7008
Kalpin, Scott L Harris, US 35 910
Koenig, Matthew W Dacono, US 27 1166
Sarkinen, Scott A Greenfield, US 43 2528

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